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Polycom VVX 1500 Business Media Phone Quick User Guide. 1725-16844-001 Rev. B / June, 2010 Edition 4
Locking/Unlocking Your Phone
(This feature may not be enabled on your
phone.)
Lock your phone to allow only authorized
calling and answering. To unlock your
phone or answer a call from a locked
phone, you need to enter your user
password. By default, your user password
is 123.
To change your password:
1. Tap > Settings > Advanced.
2. Enter your user password, and then
tap the Enter soft key.
3. From the Advanced screen, select
Change User Password.
4. Enter your password information, and
then tap the Enter soft key.
To lock your phone:
1. Tap > Settings > Basic >
Lock Phone.
2. Select how you want incoming calls
handled when your phone is locked,
and then tap the Lock soft key.
To unlock your phone:
1. From the idle screen, tap the
Unlock soft key.
2. Enter your user password, and then
tap the Enter soft key.
CUSTOMIZING YOUR PHONE
Updating Contact Directory
To add or edit a contact:
1. Tap > Features >
Contact Directory.
2. Tap the Add or Edit soft key.
3. Tap a field, add or edit the information,
and then tap the Save soft key.
To search for a contact:
1. Tap > Features >
Contact Directory.
2. Tap the More soft key, and then tap the
Search soft key.
3. Enter the first few characters of the
contact’s first or last name, and then
tap the Search soft key.
Adjusting Volume
To change the handset, speakerphone,
or headset volume:
>>During a call, press or .
To change the ringer volume:
>>When the phone is idle, press
or .
Updating Ring Tones
(Your company’s settings may not allow this
feature.)
To change the incoming ring tone:
1. Tap > Settings > Basic >
Ring Type.
2. If your phone has multiple lines, tap the
line for which to update the ring tone.
3. Tap the ring type you want, and then
tap the Select
soft key.
To set a ring tone for a contact:
1. Tap > Features >
Contact Directory.
2. Search for the contact (see Updating
Contact Directory).
3. Tap the Edit soft key.
4. Scroll to and select Ring Type, select
a ring type for the contact, and then tap
the Save soft key.
Setting Up a Screen Saver
(This feature may not be enabled on your
phone.)
After the phone is idle for a certain
amount of time, your phone can display a
screen saver of your own pictures.
To stop a screen saver and return to the
idle screen, tap the touch screen.
To set up a screen saver:
1. Place your pictures on a USB flash
drive, either in the root directory or in a
folder.
(For information on supported file
types and sizes for pictures, see the
User
Guide for the Polycom VVX 1500
Business Media Phone at
www.polycom.com/
voicedocumentation.)
2. Attach the USB flash drive to the
USB port on the right side of your
phone. (It’s behind a door you flip
down.)
3. Tap > Settings > Basic >
Preferences > Picture Frame.
4. From the Picture Frame screen:
• In the Folder field, enter the name
of the folder in which you placed
your pictures on the USB flash
drive.
(If your pictures are in the root
directory, leave the field blank.)
• In the Time Per Image field, enter
the number of seconds you want
each picture to display.
• Tap the Save soft key.
5. Scroll to and select Screen Saver.
6. From the Screen Saver screen:
• For the Screen Saver field, select
Enabled.
• In the Wait Time field, enter the
number of minutes the phone
should wait after no activity before
displaying the screen saver.
• Tap the Save soft key.
To disable a screen saver:
1. Tap > Settings > Basic >
Preferences > Screen Saver.
2. From the Screen Saver screen, select
Disabled for the Screen Saver field,
and then tap the Save soft key.
Updating the Background Picture
(This feature may not be enabled on your
phone.)
You can change the background picture
on your phone. You can choose a picture
already on your phone, or a picture on
your USB flash drive.
To update the background picture:
1. Tap > Settings > Basic >
Preferences > Backgrounds.
2. From the Backgrounds screen, tap the
background picture you want, and then
tap the Select soft key.
To set your own picture as the
background picture:
1. Ensure that the picture is on the USB
flash drive, the device is attached to
your phone, and you have specified
the folder the picture is in. For more
information, see Setting Up a Screen
Saver.
2. Tap > Picture Frame.
3. Tap or one or more times to
display the picture you want as the
background picture, and then tap .
The new background picture displays.
The picture will display on the
Backgrounds screen as “Local File.”
If you update your password and forget
it, contact your system administrator.